[REPORTED]New Cockpit: Panel Thickness

[Dropship Pilot]

Great job on the new cockpit! :thumbup:

This is surely no gamebreaking bug. However, as you are currently working on the A-10C I'd like to point it out:

 

 

If you look at the comparison picture below, you'll notice that the real light panel as well as the DZUS studs are much higher than in the model.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The original backplate is 0.064" (1.6mm) thick. This seems perfectly ok in the model.

 

The light plate in the model is only slightly thicker (like maybe 2mm). The original light plate however is about 3 times thicker than the one in the model. Typical light plate thickness is 0.25" (6,35mm). Some panels have even thicker light plates (the CDU is an extreme example).

 

The same goes for the DZUS studs. The original ones are 0,375"diameter x 0,285" high (9.525mm x 7.24mm) as shown in MIL-F-25173. In the model it looks more like 9.525mm x 3mm.

 

 

This may be old news and there may be reason why the panels are modeled like this. However, I think it takes some of the 3D effekt out of the cockpit which is especially noticeable in VR.

 

 

 

This isn't limited to the A-10C by the way - I noticed it on other western planes as well as the Huey.

 

 

I hope this helps.

 

 

Cheers,

DSP

[BIGNEWY]

Hi

 

Some artistic liberty is taken for FPS gains, in this case the side strip has been moved up to cover the lower screw heads.

 

I have reported to the team

 

thanks

Edited January 9, 2020 by BIGNEWY